Specialty in Ecological Engineering

in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Geodetic Science

(consistent with the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering)

MS-thesis option, 45 credit hours: 36 hours of courses and 9 hours of thesis research.

MS non-thesis option: a total of 50 credit hours in courses.

Ph.D. option: 135 credit hours or an additional 9 credit hours beyond an MS degree.

All degree candidates will adhere to the requirements of the Graduate School.

Required, Core Courses (13 h) Credit Hours

CE/FABE/NR 618 Ecological Engineering and Science 4

CE/FABE 899 Interdepartmental Seminar 2

Pick Two of Three (7- 9 h)

CE 894/694 Ecohydraulics: Geophys. Flows & Ecol Processes 3

FABE 652 Ecosystems for Waste Treatment 4

NR 760 Ecological Modeling 5

Table A. 800 level (M.S. 10 h & Ph.D. 26 h) Credit Hours

CE 804 Water Resources Appl. Remote Sensing 5

CE 806 Radiometry 5

CE 810 Phys. Water & Wastewater Treat. Proc. 3

CE 812 Chem. & Adv. Wastewater Treat. Proc. 5

CE 814 Industrial Wastewater Treatment 3

CE 815 Advanced Water Resource Systems 4

CE 816 Environmental Systems Analysis 5

CE 818 Appl. Biotechnol. in Envir. Engin. 5

CE 820 Advanced Hydrology 5

CE 821 Sediment Transport 4

CE 823 Numerical Models in Water Res. Engin. 5

CE 850 Adv. Seepage in Permeable Materials 5

CE885 Advanced Hydraulics 1-5

*CE 894/694 Ecohydraulics 3

*CE/FABE 899 Interdepartmental Seminar 2

FABE 832 Emergy Analysis 4

NR 835 Ecosystem Management Policy 5

Table B. Engineering Electives^† (M.S. 10 h & Ph.D. 16 h) Credit Hours

CE 613 Applied Hydrology (or FABE 773) 4

CE/FABE/NR 618 Ecological Engineering and Science 4

CE 694 Sampling & Instrumentation in Aquatic Ecosystems 5

CE 719 Water Quality Modeling 3

CE 722 River and Open Channel Flow 4

FABE 625 Modeling & Design of Biological Systems 4

FABE 632 Agroecosystems 4

FABE 650 Design of Waste Management Systems 4

*FABE 652 Ecosystems for Waste Treatment 4

FABE 673 Design of Agricultural Water Management Systems 4

FABE 773 Engineering Soil-Water Management 4

NR 765 Pollutant Transport and Fate 4

Table C. List of Approved Electives in Ecology (at least 5 credit hours)

EEOB 505 Marine Ecology 5

EEOB 617 Theoretical Ecology 5

EEOB 650 Fisheries Biology 5

EEOB 655 Limnology 5

EEOB 661 Conservation Biology 5

EEOB 656 World Ecosystems 5

EEOB 720 Community and Ecosystem Ecology 5

NR 760* Ecosystem Modeling 5

NR 756 Restoration Ecology 5

NR 725 Wetlands Ecology and Management 5

Mathematics Requirement (5 credit hours M.S. & 10 Ph.D )

CE 817 Applied Mathematical Ecology 5

Stat 520 Mathematical Statistics I 5

Stat 528 Data Analysis I 3

Stat 529 Data Analysis II 3

Stat 530 Data Analysis III 3

Math 512 Partial Differential Equations 3

CE 894 Spectral Analysis of Geophysical Time Series Data

By petition only 3

Additional Requirements for non-engineering B.S. applicants

Undergraduate Courses Required to Enter MS Program (58 credit hours)

Students missing any of the following courses will be admitted to the MS program conditionally and must take these courses at the earliest opportunity

ME 410 Statics 4

ME 500 or FABE 325 Thermodynamics 4

CE 413 or 510 Fluid Mechanics 4

CE 516 or FABE 373 4

CHEM 121 & 122 Inorganic chemistry 10

EEOB 413 Population Ecology 5

MATH 151, 152, 153, 254, & 415 or 255 24

PHYS 131 & 132 10

† Table A hours in excess of the minimum may be applied to Table B.

* indicates course is required as part of core.